Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: events in sf, AI events this week, what's happening in nyc on luma, luma events near me…

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notes

Install Pp Luma

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-luma -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-luma --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-luma .claude/skills/pp-luma && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pp-luma
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,309 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: events in sf, AI events this week, what's happening in nyc on luma, luma events near me…

  • Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press… → Verify: luma-pp-cli --version → Ensure the reported install directory is…
  • Phrases: events in sf
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When to Use This CLI, Anti-triggers and Unique Capabilities, plus 11 more sections
  • Calls go, claude and npx

What it does

Pp Luma is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: events in sf, AI events this week, what's happening in nyc on luma, luma events near me, use luma, run luma.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: events in sf
  • AI events this week
  • Whats happening in nyc on luma
  • Luma events near me

Example prompts

  • “/pp-luma”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and…
  2. Verify: luma-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 76de244. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • go
    • claude
    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pp Luma loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,309 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mvanhorn/printing-press-library at commit 76de244, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 1,309 words, ~3,002 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-luma/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pp-luma
description
Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: `events in sf`, `AI events this week`, `what's happening in nyc on luma`, `luma events near me`, `use luma`, `run luma`.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash
author
richardadonnell
license
Apache-2.0
argument-hint
<command> [args] | install cli|mcp
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
     This file is a verbatim mirror of library/social-and-messaging/luma/SKILL.md,
     regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are
     silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead.
     See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". -->

Luma — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the luma-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
    bash
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install luma --cli-only
  2. Verify: luma-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead:

bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/social-and-messaging/luma/cmd/luma-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

luma reads Luma's public discovery surface (api.luma.com) to list events by city and category, fetch full event and calendar details, and mirror it all into a local SQLite store. On top of the raw API it adds what Luma never exposed publicly: full-text search, geo-radius lookup, cross-city aggregation, change tracking, and ICS export — all agent-native with --json and --select.

When to Use This CLI

Use luma when an agent needs to discover or report on public Luma events — what's happening in a city, events for a topic, full details for an event or community, or a calendar export. It is ideal for read-only event discovery, aggregation across cities, and tracking how events fill up over time.

Anti-triggers

Do not use this CLI for:

  • Do not use this CLI to create, edit, or cancel events — that needs the paid Luma Plus API.
  • Do not use it to manage guest lists, check-ins, RSVPs, or ticketing.
  • Do not use it to read private or subscriber-only calendars; it only sees public discovery data.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Query the API can't
  • agenda — One flat, date-sorted list of upcoming events across multiple cities and categories at once.

    Reach for this when the user asks 'what AI events are on this week' across several cities — no single Luma call can answer it.

    bash
    luma-pp-cli agenda --city sf --city nyc --category cat-ai --window 7d --agent
  • near — Find events within N km of a lat/lng, ranked by distance.

    Use when the user wants events near a point or venue, which no Luma API call supports.

    bash
    luma-pp-cli near --lat 37.77 --lng -122.42 --radius-km 5 --window 14d --agent
Take it with you
  • ics — Export a synced/filtered set of events to a .ics calendar file your calendar app can import.

    Use when the user wants events on their own calendar instead of re-reading JSON.

    bash
    luma-pp-cli ics --city sf --category cat-ai --window 30d --out ai.ics
Track over time
  • watch — Show what changed on synced events since the previous sync — new, removed, filling up, sold out, rescheduled.

    Reach for this to monitor events over time; a single API call can never show change.

    bash
    luma-pp-cli watch --city sf --category cat-ai --agent
  • calendars compare — Side-by-side upcoming-event counts and total guest counts across several calendars (communities).

    Use to benchmark which communities are most active or drawing the biggest crowds.

    bash
    luma-pp-cli calendars compare cal-AAA cal-BBB cal-CCC --window 14d --agent

Command Reference

calendars — Fetch Luma calendar (community) details

  • luma-pp-cli calendars — Get a calendar (community) by its api_id (cal-...)

discover — Discover featured events, places, and categories on Luma

  • luma-pp-cli discover categories — List event categories (AI, Crypto, Tech, Arts, ...) with upcoming-event counts
  • luma-pp-cli discover home — Featured place, popular places, categories, and calendars on the Luma discover home

events — Browse and fetch public Luma events

  • luma-pp-cli events get — Get full details for an event by its api_id (evt-...)
  • luma-pp-cli events list — List upcoming events filtered by city (--city/--place-id) or category (--category)

places — Browse cities/places that host Luma events

  • luma-pp-cli places calendars — List calendars (communities) active in a place
  • luma-pp-cli places get — Get a place (city) by slug (sf, nyc, miami, ...) or place api_id
  • luma-pp-cli places map — Geographic points for events in a place, for mapping
Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

bash
luma-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.

Recipes

Event detail, narrowed for an agent
bash
luma-pp-cli events get --event-id evt-XXXX --agent --select api_id,event.name,event.start_at,event.timezone,guest_count,ticket_count

Event detail is large and deeply nested; --select pulls only the fields you need so an agent doesn't burn context.

AI events across three cities this week
bash
luma-pp-cli agenda --city sf --city nyc --category cat-ai --window 7d --agent

Unions several cities filtered to a category into one flat, date-sorted list the API can't return.

Events near a point
bash
luma-pp-cli near --lat 37.77 --lng -122.42 --radius-km 5 --window 14d --agent

Haversine radius search over synced event coordinates — no Luma endpoint offers this.

Export a city to your calendar
bash
luma-pp-cli ics --city sf --out sf.ics

Writes an ICS file you can import into any calendar app.

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Auth Setup

No account or API key required. luma reads Luma's public, read-only discovery API the website itself uses. It cannot create events, manage guests, or read private/subscribed calendars — that is the paid Luma Plus API's job.

Run luma-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.

Agent Mode

Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.

  • Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr

  • Filterable — --select keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:

    bash
    luma-pp-cli calendars --calendar-id 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 --agent --select id,name,status
  • Previewable — --dry-run shows the request without sending

  • Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available

  • Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag

  • Read-only — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

json
{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

luma-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
luma-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
luma-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at ~/.local/share/luma-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless LUMA_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or LUMA_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

SinkEffect
stdoutDefault; write to stdout only
file:<path>Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename)
webhook:<url>POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact)

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

luma-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
luma-pp-cli --profile briefing calendars --calendar-id 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
luma-pp-cli profile list --json
luma-pp-cli profile show briefing
luma-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success
2Usage error (wrong arguments)
3Resource not found
5API error (upstream issue)
7Rate limited (wait and retry)
10Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

  1. Empty, help, or --help → show luma-pp-cli --help output
  2. Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
  3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

  1. Install the MCP server:
    bash
    go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/social-and-messaging/luma/cmd/luma-pp-mcp@latest
  2. Register with Claude Code:
    bash
    claude mcp add luma-pp-mcp -- luma-pp-mcp
  3. Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

  1. Check if installed: which luma-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
  2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
  3. Execute with the --agent flag:
    bash
    luma-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
  4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: luma-pp-cli <command> --help.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-skills/pp-luma of mvanhorn/printing-press-library.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76de244

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Questions about Pp Luma

What does Pp Luma do?

Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: events in sf, AI events this week, what's happening in nyc on luma, luma events near me…. Pp Luma is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Browse, search, and export public Luma events from one Go binary — no account, no API key Trigger phrases: events in sf, AI events this week, what's happening in nyc on luma, luma events near me, use luma, run luma.

When should I use Pp Luma?

Pp Luma fits situations like: phrases: events in sf; AI events this week; whats happening in nyc on luma; luma events near me.

How do I install Pp Luma in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-luma -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-luma in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .claude/skills/pp-luma in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pp Luma in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-luma -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-luma in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .agents/skills/pp-luma in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pp Luma in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-luma -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pp-luma, .gemini/skills/pp-luma, .github/skills/pp-luma and .opencode/skills/pp-luma in your project.

What does Pp Luma need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pp Luma needs the command-line tools its instructions call (go, claude and npx). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash.

Does Pp Luma access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pp Luma safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pp Luma use?

Pp Luma is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pp Luma use?

About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Pp Luma?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pp Luma: Events (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars), Luma Event Attendees (gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, 1.2k stars), Event Sourcing Architect (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars) and Event Store Design (wshobson/agents, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pp Luma?

mvanhorn (a GitHub user) maintains it in mvanhorn/printing-press-library, which has 2,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 506 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mvanhorn/printing-press-library on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.